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  • In The Days Of The Pioneers, When Men Saw That A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the days of the pioneers, when men saw that a prairie fire was coming, this is what they did. Since not even the fastest of horses could outrun it, the pioneers took a match and burned the grass in a designated area around them. Then they would take their stand in the burned area and be safe ...read more

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  • In The Days Of The Pioneers, When Men Saw That A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the days of the pioneers, when men saw that a prairie fire was coming, this is what they did. Since not even the fastest of horses could outrun it, the pioneers took a match and burned the grass in a designated area around them. Then they would take their stand in the burned area and be safe ...read more

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  • A Father Was Having A Particularly Stressful Day ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A father was having a particularly stressful day at work. So, he decided to take off work a few hours early to watch his son play soccer. His son’s team was made up of boys and girls who were still trying to learn how to play. After a few minutes, the coach blew the whistle and called the players ...read more

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  • There Are Sayings About Every Thing These Days. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There are sayings about every thing these days. Here are some that may cause you to smile and some may even make you laugh. When all else fails, lower your standards. I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference. I don’t have any solution but I certainly admire the problem. ...read more

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  • President Abraham Lincoln Called For A Day Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer. His declaration for a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer begins with this thought. And in so much as we know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to the punishments and chastisements in this ...read more

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  • A Preacher One Day Was Preaching On Perfection ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 4, 2007
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    A preacher one day was preaching on perfection and he asked the congregation, "Does anybody here claim to be or even claim to know another person beside Jesus Christ who is perfect?" To his surprise a man in the back stood up. The preacher said, "Sir, you can’t actually be standing up claiming to ...read more

    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Charlie Peace, A Criminal In England, On The Day ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 25, 2007
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    Charlie Peace, a criminal in England, on the day he was being taken to his execution, listened to a minister reading from the Word. And when he found out he was reading about heaven and hell, he looked at the preacher and said, "Sir, if I believed what you and the church of God say, and even if ...read more

  • In Pioneer Days On The Prairie Lands, Fires ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 3, 2008
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    In pioneer days on the prairie lands, fires would sometimes ignite in the tall, dry grass. They would literally find themselves about to be consumed by the flames. The winds would push the flames much faster than they could run. Often even the horses couldn’t outrun the flames. There was no time ...read more

    Denomination: Church Of God

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A ...

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
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    Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is ...read more

    Denomination: Nazarene

  • A. During The Days Of Prohibition, An Evangelist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    A. During the days of prohibition, an evangelist was preaching against the evils of alcohol. 1. He demonstrated the destructive force of the demon drink by dropping a worm into a bottle of whiskey. 2. By the time the worm hit the bottom of the bottle, the worm was dead. 3. The evangelist asked the ...read more

  • The 31 Hour Day According To The Behavioral, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    The 31 Hour Day According to the behavioral, attitudinal, aspirational OTX LMX Study: “The 24-hour day has given way to 31 hours of daily activity, as consumers multi-task everywhere (home, work, on the go) at any time, while diverting their attentions across multiple ...read more

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  • It Was One Of The Worst Days Of My Life: The ...

    Contributed by Karl Ingersoll on Jun 19, 2008
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    It was one of the worst days of my life: The washing machine broke down, the telephone kept ringing, my head ached, and the mail carrier brought a bill I had no money to pay. Almost to the breaking point, I lifted my one-year-old into his high chair, leaned my head against the tray, and began to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Thomas Merton Writing To Dorothy Day ...

    Contributed by Mick Court on Jun 22, 2008
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    Thomas Merton writing to Dorothy Day – “To some this quote will mean nothing, to others it describes an important stage in the journey .... We should in a way fear for our perseverance because there is a big hole in us, an abyss, and we have to fall through it into emptiness, but the Lord will ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • If There Were No Final, Ultimate Judgment Day, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 5, 2008
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    "If there were no final, ultimate judgment day, then God's total knowledge of my life would not be so threatening. Or if He knew all things but were not all-powerful, I might be less intimated. Or even if He were omniscient and omnipotent but not altogether holy, I might have a chance to negotiate ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • In Our Own Day The Dramatic Turnaround In The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 8, 2008
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    In our own day the dramatic turnaround in the life of such a person as Charles Colson can only be explained by a divine intervention from above. While many were at first wary of Colson’s “born-again” experience, no objective observer, not even his detractors, can gainsay the sincerity of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
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    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
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    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 1,662 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Fasting Is Getting More Attention These Days. In ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
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    Fasting is getting more attention these days. In a special issue of Time Magazine on "How Faith Can Heal" Jeffrey Kluger writes: "Faith and health overlap in other ways too. Take fasting. One of the staples of both traditional wellness protocols and traditional religious rituals is the cleansing ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • The News On An Ordinary Day [is] A Strange ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The news on an ordinary day [is] a strange assembly that swoops down on ones life like cousins from Oslo one has never seen before, will never see again, and ...read more

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